NCAA Tournament March Madness

#104 Sam Houston St

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Projection: likely out

Sam Houston State looks like an unlikely tournament team because its résumé is defined by sporadic, impressive road and neutral wins that prove it can travel—victories at Oregon State and at Missouri State plus neutral-site wins over Idaho and Idaho State—but those bright moments are offset by damaging defeats, including a heavy loss at Texas Tech, setbacks at Oklahoma State and New Mexico State and a home loss to Liberty, with a crushing finish on the road at Middle Tennessee that leaves the résumé thin on consistent quality wins. The team has beaten and been beaten by the same conference opponents, as shown by split results with WKU, so the committee will see promise tempered by inconsistency, and the remaining conference stretch, highlighted by home-and-away dates with Louisiana Tech and a late trip to Liberty, is where Sam Houston can either manufacture the quality road or neutral wins it needs or fall out of contention with another bad result.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Texas Tech18L98-77
11/15@Utah114L85-79
11/19Wyoming111W78-70
11/26(N)Idaho St213W84-81
11/28(N)Idaho190W94-68
12/2@Oklahoma St72L93-83
12/6@TX Southern311W82-70
12/17@Oregon St214W85-75
12/21@New Mexico St158L87-78
1/2@WKU176L102-91
1/4@MTSU147L68-67
1/8Delaware281W72-60
1/10Liberty92L82-74
1/14@Jacksonville St197W77-62
1/17@Florida Intl191W76-63
1/21Kennesaw165W93-87
1/24WKU176W73-58
1/28@Missouri St195W80-71
1/31Louisiana Tech23285%
2/4UTEP28892%
2/7@Louisiana Tech23269%
2/14@Kennesaw16556%
2/18MTSU14773%
2/21Jacksonville St19782%
2/26Florida Intl19181%
2/28Missouri St19581%
3/5@Delaware28178%
3/7@Liberty9235%